Washer for glasses.



PATENTED AUG 29, 1905.

0. KARLSS. WASHER FOR GLASSES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25. 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WASHER FOR GLASSES- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1905.

Application filed May 25, 1905. Serial No. 262,208.

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR KARLss, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in WVashers for Glasses, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention is a washer particularly designed and intended for use inwashing tumblers and other glassware in bars, soda-fountains,restaurants, and the like.

The apparatus may conveniently be placed over a trough or sink behindthe bar or counter and has means for washing the interior and exteriorof the glasses and also for ejecting the same from the machine whendesired to be used or drained.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view thereof. Fig. 2 is a verticalcross-section. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section. Fig. 4 is a verticallongitudinal section.

The washer may be made with either one or both sides open. In Figs. 1and 4 one side is shown closed. In the other figures both sides areshownopen. I

In the drawings, 6 indicates tumblers or glasses being washed.

The washer consists of a box-like structure having a bottom 7, on whichthe glasses rest, ends 9, and a top 8, one or both of the sides beingopen. The bottom and ends are made double and hollow, as indicated at 9and 9 and the inner walls thereof are provided with numerous fineperforations, as indicated at 10, so that water-is discharged from theperforations in the ends onto the exterior of the glasses and from theperforations in the bottom to the interior thereof.

Water is supplied to the device by a pipe 11, extending into the hollowbottom and controlled by a cock 12, and when the water is turned onitfills the hollow parts and is discharged in numerous jets from thesmall holes referred to.

14, which when the rod is turned sweep over the bottom of the box andcarry the glasses off the same. Normally the sweep is held back againstthe end of the box by a spring 16, coiled around the rod 15 adjacent thehandle.

To scrub a glass, if and when it should be necessary I provide a rotarybrush 17 standing upon a hollow extension 7 a of the bottom of thecasing. This brush is operated by a treadle 19 and cord 18, connected tothe spin- 5 dle of the brush within the hollow of the base. A -coiledspring 20, connected between the spindle and the base, serves to returnthe brush after the operation of the treadle.

The waste water from the machine flows 7 out the sides of the box andinto the trough or sink above which the same is placed.

A supply of water being provided,the washer may be kept in constantoperation for washing and cleaning glasses placed therein after use andwill be found very serviceable, particularly in saloons and insoda-fountains, where the glasses can ordinarily be cleaned simply byflowing water thereover.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure 30 by Letters Patent, is-

1. A washer for glasses and the like comprising a washing-chamber havinga hollow bottom and ends with jet-holes in the inner walls thereof, anda water-pipe leading thereto 5 and arranged to supply water underpressure, to force the same through the holes into the chamber.

2. A washer for glasses and the like comprising a casing having an openside, and jet- 9 holes in the walls through which water is dis, chargedinto the casing, and aswinging sweep movable over the bottom of thecasing to eject the articles therefrom, through said open side.

prising a casing having an open side, and perforated bottom and endsthrough which water is discharged into the casing, and a turning rodextending through the top of the casing and provided with arms whichsweep over 100 the bottom thereof, toward said open side.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two sub- 3. A washer for glasses and the like comv

